---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retirement Creditable Service Charter Schools."
description: "Retirement Creditable Service Charter Schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 960"
citation: "North Carolina HB 960 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARTER SCHOOLS", "CORPORATIONS", "NONPROFIT", "EDUCATION", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "LEGISLATIVE SERVICES OFFICE", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "TSERS", "CHAPTERED", "FISCAL RESEARCH DIVISION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-04-25"
last_action: "2016-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98ffa257-151a-4e34-a9f7-c4c34d0e53d3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H960&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "67426d9798cbd295246af430ce45c32f40819fd31b5eb21272fb945450fa432c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina HB 960 (2015) — Retirement Creditable Service Charter Schools.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H960v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H960v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H960v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H960v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2016-82** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H960v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- R. Turner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-06-30** Ch. SL 2016-82 `became-law`
- **2016-06-30** Signed by Gov. 6/30/2016 `executive-signature`
- **2016-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2016 `executive-receipt`
- **2016-06-27** Ratified
- **2016-06-23** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-06-23** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-23** Added to Calendar
- **2016-06-23** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2016-06-22** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2016-06-22** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2016-06-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-20** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2016-06-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2016-06-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-05-25** Ref To Com On Pensions & Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-05-25** Regular Message Received From House
- **2016-05-25** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2016-05-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-05-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-05-24** Added to Calendar
- **2016-05-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2016-05-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-04-26** Ref To Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98ffa257-151a-4e34-a9f7-c4c34d0e53d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).